{"product_id":"vermeer-a-life-lost-and-found","title":"Vermeer A Life Lost and Found","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Andrew Graham-Dixon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by W. W. Norton, Incorporated, 2026-04-07\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne spring day in 1683, a notary's clerk in Delft entered the home of the late Magdalena Pieters van Ruijven and stumbled on one of the wonders of the seventeenth-century world: twenty paintings by Johannes Vermeer. How had this one Dutchwoman come to possess the majority of the master's work? And why have these images--among the most beautiful, even sublime, in the history of art--defied explanation for so long? Following new leads and drawing on freshly uncovered evidence from Dutch archives, acclaimed art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon presents a dramatic and transformative new interpretation of the artist's life and work. Rich with piercingly direct descriptions of Vermeer's paintings, Graham-Dixon's biography is full of revelations. It upends the master's enigmatic reputation and depicts him instead as a pioneer of the early Enlightenment, a pacifist who was deeply affected by the wars and religious conflicts of the Dutch Republic and allied to a radical movement driven underground by persecution.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137658208425,"sku":"PHBK-9781324124115","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/11925543482659.jpg?v=1780333156","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/vermeer-a-life-lost-and-found","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}